Liangtoutang Formation
The Liangtoutang Formation, also referred to as the Laijia Formation is a geological formation located in Zhejiang, China. Its strata date back to the Albian to Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period.[1] The lithology primarily consists of red sandstone.
| Liangtoutang Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian-Cenomanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Tiantai Group |
| Underlies | Chichengshan Formation |
| Overlies | Tangshang Formation |
| Thickness | About 300 m (980 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 28.7°N 120.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 36.3°N 120.0°E |
| Region | Zhejiang |
| Country |  China |
| Extent | Huzhen Basin |
  Liangtoutang Formation (China)  Liangtoutang Formation (Zhejiang) | |
Fossil content
Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs of the Liangtoutang Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Images | ||
| Yueosaurus | Y. tiantaiensis | "Partial postcranial skeleton"[2] | A neornithischian | |||
| Jinyunpelta | J. sinensis | "An almost complete skull" and two partial postcranial skeletons[3] | An ankylosaurin ankylosaur |  | ||
Other fossils
- Fossil eggs
- Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis[4]
- Pachycorioolithus jinyunensis[5]
- Testudoolithus jiangi[4]
References
- Liangtoutang Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Zheng et al., 2012
- Zheng, 2018
- Jin et al., 2007
- Lawver et al., 2016
Bibliography
- ; ; ; ; , and . 2018. The most basal ankylosaurine dinosaur from the Albian–Cenomanian of China, with implications for the evolution of the tail club. Scientific Reports 8. Article number 3711. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-21924-7
- ; ; , and . 2016. An avian egg from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Liangtoutang Formation of Zhejiang Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36. e1100631:1–7.
- ; ; ; , and . 2012. A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China. Cretaceous Research 34. 208–219. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.001
- ; ; , and . 2007. Giant dinosaur eggs from the Tiantai basin, Zhejiang province, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44. 81–88.
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